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Ema (Votive Painting) of a Chinese Lion Led by King Uten (Utennō)

1627
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 229
This ema depicts a Chinese lion belonging to the bodhisattva Monju (Sanskrit: Manjushri). The animal is accompanied by its handler, the king of Khotan (Uten). The plaque is dated to the twenty-fifth day of the third month of 1627. Inscriptions beneath the lion record the partially legible names of four donors and identify their neighborhood as Nabeyachō, near Kōfukuji Temple in Nara. A second inscription on the back refers to Monju and his wisdom.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 優闐王と唐獅子図絵馬「奉掛御宝前 絵馬 寛永丁卯年三月廿五日」
  • Title: Ema (Votive Painting) of a Chinese Lion Led by King Uten (Utennō)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1627
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Ink and color on wood
  • Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (27.3 x 36.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.268.138
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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